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| Iraq |
| 2.5 million pilgrims end Ashuraa rituals |
| 2009-01-08 |
| Aswat al-Iraq: Nearly two and a half million pilgrims, including a half million women, have ended the rituals of the Ashuraa visit, an official source from Karbala province said on Wednesday. "Pilgrims have finished Twereej running, thus ending the Ashuraa visit," the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. The Twereej running is a popular custom in the Ashuraa visit. Shiites commemorate the killing of Imam Hussein Ibn Ali, his brother and friends in Karbala in the battle of Taf on Muharram 10, 61 (October 10, 680 AD on the Gregorian calendar). |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 I'd make it "barbaric and unsanitary blood ritual", but whatever. |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-01-08 12:22 |